While not exactly the most well known technical conference in the world, if you’ve been working with Server Based Computing for any length of time, this is a conference you should plan to visit.

Briforum is organized by The Brian Madden Company, which is run by Industry Analyst and Author, Brian Madden. Brian runs the most popular Server Based Computing Community Website www.brianmadden.com, and has authored books on Citrix and Terminal Services.  Brian is also a Microsoft MVP for Windows Terminal Services, and Citrix Technology Professional.  All that being said, Brian is “probably” most well known for being able to get the attention of  companies like Citrix, for speaking his mind (typically on his website) and not backing down from his controversial statements.

So what is BriForum?  It is a yearly technical conference that focuses on Application Delivery, whether via Terminal Services, Application Virtualization or Desktop Virtualization (VDI).  What makes this conference special is that the sessions can be presented by anyone, so long as they submit interesting content, and have experience to backup what they’re saying.  It is truely a technical deep-dive conference, where geeks go to learn from other geeks.  There are also presentations given be each of the vendors, and often by Microsoft and Citrix.

So what is Quest doing at Briforum?  The Provision Networks division of Quest has five employees that have presented at previous BriForum Conferences, and three of them will be at this conference.

Dr. Ulrich (Rick) Mack is our Sr. Sales Engineer from Brisbane Australia and is probably the most popular presenter at Briforum.  He’s probably the most humble guy you’ll ever meet, but is completely brilliant.  His two sessions this year are:

My Application Won’t Work!
Monday, June 16, 2008 at 17:30, in Room 3

Bring us your hardest printing problems (Workshop)
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 08:30, in Room 2

 Jeff Pitsch is our Sr. Sales Engineer for the Midwest United States & Eastern Canada, is a Microsoft MVP for Windows Terminal Services and has presented at Briforums in 2005 and 2006.  Jeff will be running our Exhibitor Demo Lab, so if you what to see what our Virtual Access Suite does, Jeff will have a demo rig at his disposal so you can get a one on one with an expert that uses our software every day.

Patrick Rouse (me) is also a Microsoft MVP, and is our Sr. Sales Engineer for the Western United States & Canada and Latin America. Patrick previously presented at  Briforum 2006 in Germany and will be delivering our Vendor Presentation:

Quest Software, Provision Networks Virtual Access Suite - Help, my connection broker is on steroids! (sponsored by Quest Software)
Monday, June 16, 2008 at 13:45, in Room 4.

I did mention that there were five of us that have previously presented at Briforum, but only three were going to be in Chicago. The other two are:

Michel Roth, also a Microsoft MVP for Windows Terminal Services and our Sr. Sales Engineer from The Netherlands (Holland), and my partner in crime (so far) for maintaining this blog.  Michel also runs the popular Server Based Computing Blog www.thincomputing.net.

Peter Ghostine.  Peter is our CTO, and the Technical Architect of Virtual Access Suite.  Peter has traditionally been the person that delivers the Vendor Presentation, but he’s busy getting Virtual Access Suite out the door (next Friday, June 20, 2008).  Peter has been creating widgets to improve the performance and ease the management of Windows Terminal Services and Citrix since the 1990s.

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